Intizar Hussain

About The Author

Intizar Husain or Intezar Hussain was a Pakistani writer of Urdu novels, short stories, poetry and nonfiction. He is widely recognised as a leading literary figure of Pakistan, and was awarded the Munshi Premchand Fellowship by the Sahitya Akademi in 2017, and he was made an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2014. He was among the finalists of the Man Booker Prize in 2013 for his novel Basti.

Books by Intizar Hussain

Once There Was a City Named Dilli
By Intizar Hussain
Translated by Ghazala Jamil
The history of Delhi has been told and retold many times. Often the intent is to use history as an ideological tool for staking a claim to the present of the city. In Intizar Husain’s retelling, it is the tale itself that becomes delectable. A popular recital that highlights the forgotten nuances...
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